Expansion Capabilities*MD3800f/MD3820f expand up to 192 drives with the MD1200 and MD1220*MD3860f expand up to 180 hard drives with two of the MD3060e dense enclosures

MD3060e Dense EnclosureEBOD expansion enclosure designed for use with the MD3 dense array series only (MD3260i, MD3860i, MD3860f)

Dimensions are identical to the dense array series (MD3260i, MD3860i, MD3860f)

Controllers on the MD3 dense series arrays have either one 6Gbps SAS Out port (MD3260i) or one 12Gbps SAS Out port (MD3460, MD3860i, and MD3860f) for connecting to the MD3060e enclosure expansion for additional capacity (maximum of 2 per dense array). For systems without premium feature activation, the physical disk limit is 120.

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MD3060e Dense EnclosureEBOD expansion enclosure designed for use with the MD3 dense array series only (MD3260, MD3260i, MD3660i, MD3660f)

Dimensions are identical to the dense array series (MD3260, MD3260i, MD3660i, MD3660f)

Each MD3 dense series array controller has one 6 Gb/s SAS Out port for connections to the MD3060e enclosure expansion for additional capacity (max 2 per dense array) For systems without premium feature activation, the physical disk limit is 120.

Cache protection is provided via flash memory for permanent data protectionDDP* eliminates the need for complex RAID management while optimizing data protection, and can be used along side of existing RAID configurations.

RAID LevelsSupport for RAID levers 0, 1, 10, 5, 6 to 180/192* physical disks per group in RAID 0, 1, 10 Up to 30 physical disks per group in RAID 5, 6 Up to 512 virtual disks

Overview

Consolidate your Fibre Channel storage with the PowerVault MD3 Fibre Channel array series. The arrays are ideal for entry-level storage consolidation that requires high availability, high performance and business continuity without sacrificing ease of use and reliability. Featuring the next generation of high-performance 16Gb Fibre Channel models, the MD3 arrays are designed for versatility, supporting a range of drive types, premium software features and a choice of 2U or high-density 4U chassis.

Get affordable enterprise-level performance

Take advantage of the enhanced features offered on all PowerVault MD3 Fibre Channel arrays, including the latest 16Gb models.

Improved performance: Get up to 2x performance with the new 16Gb FC array*

MD Storage Manager

With wizard-based array configuration and single-pane management, MD Storage Manager can alert you to problems and launch its recovery guru to automatically help troubleshoot and resolve issues.

VMware vCenter Plug-In 5.0

Monitor, manage, provision and optimize storage for performance and availability across your virtual infrastructure. You can also implement Storage Replication Adapters (SRA) to simplify management of disaster recovery with centralized recovery plans and VASA to create profiles that map to volumes and virtual machines.

Data Protection:

High Performance:

Data is increasing at an alarming rate, but performance should not be impacted. This bundle includes the High Performance tier, SSD cache and the additional drive capacity license.

Speed recovery with Dynamic Disk Pools.

Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) protect data by dynamically distributing data across pools of drives. In the event of a drive failure, DDP will identify the critical data and dynamically rebalance the data so the array can return to an optimal state faster than it would in the typical RAID environment. DDP can now support up to 20 disk pools and up to 120 SSDs.

MD3800f 16Gb Fibre Channel array

16Gb Fibre Channel connectivity allows customers to take their Fibre Channel architecture to a higher level of performance and availability. The MD3800f features:

Up to twelve 3.5" or 2.5" SAS, near-line SAS and SSD drives in a 2U chassis

Support for a maximum of 180 or 192 drives when utilizing the Premium Feature Key to expand beyond the 120

standard configurations

Single or dual active/active controllers

4GB cache per controller or 8GB per controller in dual-controller configurations

MD3820f 16Gb Fibre Channel array

16Gb Fibre Channel connectivity allows customers to take their Fibre Channel architecture to a higher level of performance and availability. The MD3820f features:

Up to 24x 2.5" SAS, near-line SAS and SSD drives in a 2U chassis

Support for a maximum of 180 or 192 drives when utilizing the Premium Feature Key to expand beyond the 120

standard configurations

Single or dual active/active controllers

4GB cache per controller or 8GB per controller in dual-controller configurations

MD3860f 16Gb Fibre Channel array

16Gb Fibre Channel connectivity allows customers to take their Fibre Channel architecture to a higher level of performance and availability. The MD3860f features:

Support for a maximum of 180 or 192 drives when utilizing the Premium Feature Key to expand beyond the 120

standard configurations

Standard High Performance Tiering with SSD Cache and Thin Provisioning to optimize performance and capacity

Single or dual active/active controllers

4GB cache per controller or 8GB per controller in dual-controller configurations

MD3060e expansion enclosure

A 60-drive expansion enclosure specifically designed for the MD3 dense array series, the MD3060e* dense enclosure is an eBOD (expansion bunch of disks), which operate in the same fashion as a JBOD (just a bunch of disks). There are two enclosure management modules (EMM) that allow for management of the expansion drives via the MD3 Dense Array controllers. The MD1200 and MD1220 are designed for use as expansion for the MD3 2U arrays.

Up to two expansion enclosures can be daisy chained to an MD3 SAS Dense array

Add two MD3060e enclosures (max) for up to 180 drives in just 12U, providing up to 1.8PB of raw capacity* Dual EMM controller option only, using the enclosure management modules

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